Hiram lockard and thomas agens



H. LGKARDv @L T. AGENS.

Bridle Bit.

Patented July 20,1875.

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NITE STATE HIB-AM LOCKARD AND THGMAS AGEES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; SAIDLOCKARD ASSIGNOR 0F 0N t-HALF HIS RGHT TO SAID AGENS.

IMPRQVEMENT EN BQILBWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Hn, dated July 20,1875; application led November 6, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Brenn LooKARD and THOMAS AGENS, of Newark, in thecounty ot' Essex and State oi' N ew Jersey, have invented a certainImprovement in Bridle-Bits, ot' which the following is a specication:

Our invention consists in an attachment to and arrangement ot' abridlehit, whereby e. hard-mouthed horse may be easily controlled, andany horse may be held when inclined to run away, and also in putting onthe bits an elastic composition as a covering.

W'e use an ordinary sna'tle-bit, and attach to the two ends of the bit Athe two ends oi' au elastic nose-piece or bow, B. This bow makes a looseconnection with the bit-that is, the ends slip loose on the bit. A mildpressure on the reins will make no change in the relative position ofthe ends of the bow and the bit; but if an extra strain is put on thereins, when a horse is hard-mouthed or inclined to run, the. ends ot'the bow will slip on the bit inward toward the center, which tends todouble up the bit-,and throw the joint of it forward against the roof ofthe horses mouth, which is a pressure no horse can stand for a moment,and therefore he is ilnniediately brought in check, and yet. receives noinjury. The cheek-piece C or' the bow is made with a slot, D, in it, orotherwise, tc receive the eheelpiece ot' the bridle, or it may be madewithout 5 also, the ends of the bit next to the cheekpiece are madesquare for about one inch, more or less, and the hole in the cheek-pieceof' the bow is made to correspond thereto, land a lla-nge, e, is put onthe bit at about one inch from the cheek-piece; or some other device maybe used, as a strap, to keep the cheek-piece of the bow from pressing;too far into the center; or the end ot' the bit may be made round, andhave at liange ou it, as above named; or the flange may be dispensedwith entirely in soule cases. The front of the bow may be madeadjustable by having,r a sliding;` spring pnt in it to aecominodate itto the different sizes of the heads of horses.

Another part of our invention consists in coverin the bit with anelastic coating of' gutta-percha, to make it comfortable iu the horsesmouth and to avoid the frost in the bits.

1. ln a bridle-bit. the metal spring nose-band B, substantially as andfor the purposes specitied.

The nose-band, in combina-tion with the stops c on the mouth piece,substantially us described, and for the purposes sett'orth.

3. The mouth-piece covered with an elastic coating of gutter-perche.,for the purposes set forth.

HRAM LOCKARD. THOS. AGENS.

Witnesses HORACE HARRIS, UHAs. P. Rosfr.

